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Shloka 17

कर्णेन सैन्यस्थापनं तथा नानायुद्धसमवायः

Karna Reforms the Host and Multiple Duels Converge

एवं विद्वान्‌ धर्मकथासु राजं- स्तृष्णी भूतो जडवच्छल्य भूय: । त्वं तस्य गोप्ता च जनस्य राजा षड्भागहर्ता शुभदुष्कृतस्य,राजा शल्य! ऐसा जानकर तुम जड पुरुषोंके समान धर्मोपदेशकी ओरसे मुँह मोड़कर चुपचाप बैठे रहो। तुम बाहीक देशके लोगोंके राजा और रक्षक हो; अतः उनके पुण्य और पापका भी छठा भाग ग्रहण करते हो

evaṁ vidvān dharmakathāsu rājaṁs tṛṣṇī-bhūto jaḍavac chalya bhūyaḥ | tvaṁ tasya goptā ca janasya rājā ṣaḍ-bhāga-hartā śubha-duṣkṛtasya ||

Karna said: “Though you know this, O king, in matters of discourse on dharma you again sit silent, turning away like a dull-witted man, O Shalya. You are the king and protector of that people; therefore you also take a sixth share of their merit and their sin.”

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
विद्वान्knowing, learned
विद्वान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्वस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मकथासुin discourses on dharma
धर्मकथासु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मकथा
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तृष्णीभूतःhaving become silent
तृष्णीभूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतृष्णीभूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जडवत्like a dull person
जडवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजडवत्
शल्यO Shalya
शल्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशल्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भूयःagain, further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
तस्यof that (people/kingdom)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
गोप्ताprotector
गोप्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगोप्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जनस्यof the people
जनस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षड्भागहर्ताtaker of the sixth share
षड्भागहर्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootषड्भागहर्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शुभदुष्कृतस्यof good and bad deeds (merit and sin)
शुभदुष्कृतस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशुभदुष्कृत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular

कर्ण उवाच

K
Karna
S
Shalya
K
King (rājan)
S
Subjects/people (jana)
B
Bāhlīka (as referenced in the accompanying prose gloss)